Cachar secures third position among best performing districts in PMAY and SVANIDHI

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SILCHAR: Adding another feather in the cap, the Cachar district administration has secured the third position as the 'Best performing District' under PM SVANidhi 50 days challenge. This was announced on Sunday by the Assam State Urban Livelihoods Mission Society (DAY- NULM, Assam). Bongaigaon and Dhemaji achieved 1st and 2nd position respectively in the 50-day challenge.

Informing this, DAY- NULM, Assam wrote, "Based on the performance of all districts and ULBs during the 50-day assessment period, the winners of the " PM SVANidhi 50-Day Challenge" were determined. Apart from the "Best Performing District," "Individual Awards" were also given to three best performing Executive Officers cum CPOs among 25 HQ ULBs (Group I).

It's worth mentioning that under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, Cachar has yet again shown that it can outperform all. The district has been awarded the best performing district by DoHUA under PMAY category. Silchar Municipality has been declared best performing under Group A. Lakhipur Municipality has also been awarded best performing in the MB Group B as well. The team headed by DC Keerthi Jalli credits it to the tireless efforts of the team including Executive Officers Jessica Lalsim, Ruth Lienglong ACS, CPO Mehboob Laskar and Junaid Barbhuiyan, GPS coordinators and Municipal Staff constantly motivating beneficiaries to complete construction within time limit.

Expressing her views, Cachar DC Keerthi Jalli said, "This is indeed a good news for us that Cachar has earned position as 'Best performing District' under PM SVANidhi 50-day challenge. I would like to thank each and every employee associated with this project as well as the beneficiaries. I am hopeful that the beneficiaries were able to usher in a meaningful change in their livelihood. It's a long road to go and we are hopeful of much better performances in the near future."

Regarding this as a great achievement, Silchar MP Dr Rajdeep Roy and MLA Dipayan Chakraborty showered lavish praises upon the Deputy Commissioner and her entire team for the effort put in by them to earn accolades for Cachar. They too assured all sorts of assistance to take Cachar to the pinnacle in its holistic aspect.

It needs to mention that the PM Street Vendor's AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi) was launched by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs on June 01, 2020 for providing affordable Working Capital loans to street vendors to resume their livelihoods that have been adversely affected due to Covid-19 lockdown. The new PM Svanidhi Yojana is a welcome step to change this scenario and empower them with micro-credit to help them in their personal as well business needs. The main intention of this scheme is to provide small credits for working capital loan to the street vendors, wherein they can take a collateral-free loan for one year at low-interest rates. This can help them to revive their businesses and earn their livelihood back.

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